Burns v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

This is an action of tort for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger on a subway car of the defendant. The car, which the plaintiff previously had boarded, became crowded at Park Street. As it approached the Kendall Square stop, the plaintiff, according to her testimony, was “standing a little from the door, facing the door, probably not four or five steps from the door; that there were other passengers standing between her and the door; that when the train arrived at Kendall Square the door opened and the crowd immediately went dashing to get out of the door and she…